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Overview

Chinese Government provides RMB 30 million grant — via ETCA — for provision of medical equipment and pharmaceutical materials (Linked to Record ID#66927)

Commitments (Constant USD, 2023)$8,367,452
Commitment Year•2002Country of Activity•SerbiaDirect Recipient Country of Incorporation•SerbiaSector•HealthFlow Type•Grant

Status

Project lifecycle

Completion

Pipeline: PledgePipeline: CommitmentImplementationCompletion

Timeline

Key dates

Commitment date
Jan 9, 2002
Start (actual)
Jan 9, 2002

Stakeholders

Organizations involved in projects and activities supported by financial and in-kind transfers from Chinese government and state-owned entities

Funding agencies

Government Agencies

  • China Ministry of Commerce

Receiving agencies

Government Agencies

  • Government of Serbia

Loan description

Chinese Government provides RMB 30 million grant — via ETCA — for provision of medical equipment and pharmaceutical materials (Linked to Record ID#66927)

Narrative

Full Description

Project narrative

On January 9, 2002, the Chinese Government and the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (FRY) signed an Economic and Technical Cooperation Agreement (ETCA), which committed RMB 30 million of grant funding for the acquisition of medical equipment and pharmaceutical materials from China. According to China’s Ministry of Commerce, this project was successfully completed in 2004.

Staff comments

The Chinese project title is 提供一批医疗设备. After Yugoslavia was bombed by NATO, the Chinese Government provided an RMB 80 million grant — through an ETCA — to the FRY on December 3, 1999. Then, in April 2001 and January 2002, the Chinese Government donated RMB 20 million (captured in Record ID#66927) and an RMB 30 million (captured by Record ID#66926). The proceeds from these three grant commitments, which total to RMB 130 million, were reportedly used for the acquisition of medical equipment (including ultrasound machines and CT scanners), medicines, dressings, ‘consumer goods’, and other materials.